21 JUNE 1902, Page 15

SCHOOLBOYS AND SPORT.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR-1

Sra,—A godson of mine, just twelve years old, sallied out with a trout rod in company with his brother two years older. In a short time he had hooked a salmon weighing eleven pounds. He sent his brother into the water to beat in front of some reeds, and having played the salmon for fifty minutes, landed him. He put the salmon into his blouse (he was wearing a very loose sailor tunic), and went home. His parents called from the window to know if he had had any sport; he put his finger to his lips (I grieve to say he had been poaching as far as salmon were concerned), marched up into the room, opened up his tunic, and let the salmon fall on the drawing-room carpet !